Apartment fire toll reaches 7

October 26, 2004

A seventh child died early Monday from smoke inhalation in an apartment fire that killed six other children Sunday afternoon in Toledo.

The victims were five sisters, their brother and a girl cousin, ranging in age from 6 months old to 7 years old. Officials said no adults were in the building when firefighters arrived. It was unclear if adults were inside when the blaze broke out. The cause of the fire had not been determined.

DRIVE-THROUGH FLU SHOTS: Hundreds of Medicare patients rolled down their windows and rolled up their sleeves Monday to get a flu shot at a drive-through clinic in Magnolia, Ark. The Magnolia Hospital inoculated more than 370 people in about 90 minutes.

JURY SELECTION FOR BLAKE CASE: The search for a jury to decide whether actor Robert Blake murdered his wife got off to a slow start in Los Angeles on Monday with only 20 of the first 177 prospects saying they could be available to serve on a trial that could last five months.

TRAIN DERAILMENT: A train carrying a flammable liquid derailed Monday in a residential neighborhood of Detroit, and hundreds of people were evacuated along with three schools, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or illness.

FAMILY SLAIN: The bodies of a woman and her three children were found Monday in their Lubbock, Texas, apartment, their blood spattered throughout the home, police said. A motive for the brutal deaths has not been determined.

PETERSON'S MOM TESTIFIES: Scott Peterson's mother, Jackie, defended her son on the witness stand in Redwood City, Calif., on Monday, telling the court that most of the $15,000 Peterson was carrying the day he was arrested for murder was money she had mistakenly withdrawn from their joint account and returned to him the day before.